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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
The term defensive defenseman, as it relates to 5 on 5 play, means one thing.
They are constantly hemmed in their own zone- playing defense in the defensive zone, getting outshot, outchanced and outscored
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You mean like...Robyn Regehr?
Lots of very good dmen in that category. Josh Manson, Marc Methot, Hamonic, even Engelland was fanstastic in that role this year. None of them will light up a scoreboard but every one of them were extremely important to their clubs. Many more on top of them.
Its why the goofy anayltics simply dont hold any water in most cases...you have to watch the way guys play instead of studying spread sheets.